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A34573	Stafford's memoires, or, A brief and impartial account of the birth and quality, imprisonment, tryal, principles, declaration, comportment, devotion, last speech, and final end, of William, late lord viscount Stafford, beheaded upon Tower-hill on Wednesday the 29. of December 1681 hereunto is also annexed a short appendix concerning some passages in Stephen Colleges trial.	Corker, James Maurus, 1636-1715.	1681 (1681)	Wing C6306; ESTC R20377	92,206	80

resolving to turn from his evil ways and bring forth Fruits worthy of Penance there is then and no otherwise an Authority left by Christ to Absolve such a Penitent Sinner from his Sins which Authority Christ gave to his Apostles and their Successors the Bishops and Priests of the Catholick Church in those words when he said Receive ye the Holy Ghost whose Sins you shall forgive they are forgiven unto them c. 2. Though no Creature whatsoever can make Condign satisfaction either for the Guilt of Sin or the Pain Eternal due to it This satisfaction being proper to Christ our Saviour only yet Penitent Sinners Redeemed by Christ may as Members of Christ in some measure satisfie by Prayer Fasting Almes Deeds and other Works of Piety for the Temporal Paine which by order of Divine Justice sometimes remains due after the guilt of Sin and Pains Eternal are gratis remitted These Penitential Works are notwithstanding satisfactory no otherwise than as joyned and applyed to that satisfaction which Jesus made upon the Cross in vertue of which alone all our good works find a grateful acceptance in God's Sight 3. The Guilt of Sin or Pain Eternal due to it is never remitted by Indulgences but only such Temporal Punishments as remain due after the Guilt is remitted These Indulgences being nothing else than a Mitigation or Relaxation upon just causes of Canonical Penances enjoyned by the Pastors of the Church on Penitent Sinners according to their several Degrees of Demerit And if any abuses or mistakes be sometimes committed in point either of Granting or Gaining Indulgences through the Remisness or Ignorance of particular Persons contrary to the ancient Custom and Discipline of the Church such Abuses or Mistakes cannot rationally be charged on the Church nor rendred matter of Derision in prejudice to her Faith and Doctrine 4. Catholicks hold there is a Purgatory that is to say a Place or State where Souls departing this Life with Remission of their Sins as to the Eternal Guilt or Pain yet Obnoxious to some Temporal Punishment still Remaining due Or not perfectly freed from the Blemish of some venial Defects or Deordinations as Idle Words c. not liable to Damnation are purged before their Admittence into Heaven where nothing that is defiled can enter Furthermore 5. Catholicks also hold That such Souls so detained in Purgatory being the Living Members of Christ Jesus are Relieved by the Prayers and Suffrages of their Fellow members here on Earth But where this place is Of what Nature or Quality the Pains are How long each Souls is detained there After what manner the Suffrages made in their behalf are applyed Whether by way of Satisfaction or Intercession c. are Questions Superfluous and Impertinent as to Faith 6. No Man though just can Merit either an Increase of Sanctity or Happiness in this Life or Eternal Glory in the next Independent on the Merits and Passion of Christ Nevertheless in and by the Merits of Christ Jesus the good Works of a just Man proceeding from Grace and Charity are acceptable to God so far forth as to be through his Goodness and Sacred Promise Truly Meritorious of Eternal Life 7. It is an Article of the Catholick Faith That in the most Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist there is Truly and Really contained the Body of Christ which was delivered for us and his Bloud which was shed for the Remission of Sins The substance of Bread and Wine being by the powerful Words of Christ changed into the Substance of his Blessed Body and Bloud the Species or Accidents of Bread and Wine still remaining Thus 8. Christ is not present in this Sacrament according to his natural way of Existence that is with extension of parts in order to place c. but after a Supernatural manner one and the same in many places and whole in every part of the Symbols This therefore is a Real Substantial yet Sacramental Presence of Christ's Body and Blood not exposed to the external Senses nor Obnoxious to corporeal Contingences 9. Neither is the Body of Christ in this Holy Sacrament Seperated from his Bloud or his Bloud from his Body or either of both disjoyned from his Soul and Divinity but all and whole living Jesus is entirely contained under either Species so that whosoever receiveth under one kind is truly partaker of the whole Sacrament and no wise deprived either of the Body or Bloud of Christ True it is 10. Our Saviour Jesus Christ left unto us his Body and Bloud under two distinct Species or Kinds in doing of which he instituted not only a Sacrament but also a Sacrifice a Commemorative Sacrifice distinctly shewing his Death or Bloudy Passion until he come For as the Sacrifice of the Cross was performed by a distinct Effusion of Bloud so is the same Sacrifice Commemorated in that of the Altar by a distinction of the Symbols Jesus therefore is here given not only to us but for us and the Church thereby enriched with a true proper and propitiatory Sacrifice usually termed Mass 11. Catholicks Renounce all Divine Worship and Adoration of Images or Pictures God alone we Worship and Adore nevertheless we make use of Pictures and place them in Churches and Oratories to reduce our wandering thoughts and Enliven our Memories towards Heavenly things And farther we allow a certain Honour and Veneration to the Picture of Christ of the Virgin Mary c. beyond what is due to every Prophane Figure not that we believe any Divinity or Vertue in the Pictures themselves for which they ought to be Honoured but because the Honour given to the Pictures is referred to the Prototype or things represented In like manner 12. There is a kind of Honour and Veneration Respectively due to the Bible to the Cross to the Name of Jesus to Churches to the Sacraments c. as things peculiarly appertaining to God also to the glorified Saints in Heaven as the Domestick Friends of God yea to Kings Magistrates and Superiors on Earth as the Vicegerents of God To whom Honour is due Honour may be given without any Derogation to the Majesty of God or that Divine Worship appropriate to him Furthermore 13. Catholicks believe That the blessed Saints in Heaven replenished with Charity pray for us their fellow-Members here on Earth that they Rejoyce at our Conversion that seeing God they see and know in him all things suitable to their happy state that God is Inclinable to hear their Requests made in our behalf and for their sakes grants Us many Favours That therefore it is Good and Profitable to Desire their Intercession And that this manner of Invocation is no more Injurious to Christ our Mediator nor Superabundant in it self than it is for one Christian to beg the Prayers and

28. 13. c Act. 19. 18. 1 Cor. 4 1 Jam. 5. 16. d Luk. 3. 8. e Joh. 20. 21. c. Mat. 18. 18. f Tit. 3. 5. Of Satisfaction by penitential works g 2 Cor. 3. 5. h Act. 26. 20. Jonas 3. 5. c. Psa 102. 9. c. Psa 109. 23. Dan. 9. 3. Joel 2. 12. Luke 11. 41. Acts 10. 4. Indulgences are not Remission of Sins but only of Canonical Penances Abuses herein not to be charged on the Church i 1 Pet. 2. 5. k 1 Cor. 5. 3. c. l 2 Cor. 2. 6. c. There is a Purgatory or State where Souls departing this Life with some blemish are purifi'd m Nu. 14. 20 c. 2 Sam. 12. 13. c. n Pro. 24. 16. Mat. 12. 36. Cap. 5. 22. 26. o Mat. 5. 26. 1 Cor. 3. 15. p Rev. 21. 27. Prayers for the Dead available to them Superfluous Questions about Purgatory q 1 Cor. 15. 29. Coll. 1. 24. 2 Mac. 12. 42 c. 1 Jo. 5. 16. Of the merit of good Works through the merits of Christ r Jo. 15. 5. 16. s Mat. 16. 27. Cap. 5. 12. Cap. 10. 42. 2 Cor. 5. 10. 2 Tim. 4. 8. Christ really present in the Sacrament of the Eucharist t Mat. 25. 26. Mark 14. 22. Luke 22. 19. 1 Cor. 11. 23. c. Cor. 10. 16. But after a supernatural manner Whole Christ in either species Hence Communicants under one kind are no wise deprived either of the Body or Bloud of Christ Of the Sacrifice of the Mass Worship of Images wrongfully Impos'd on Catholicks Yet there is some Veneration due both to Pictures n Jo. 6. 48. 50 51 57 58. Acts 2. 42. x Lu 2● 19 c. y 1 Cor. 11. 26. z Heb. 13. 10. a Luke 22. 19. b Mal. 1. 11. c Luke 4. ● d Ex. 25. 18. e Jos 7. 6. Ex. 3. 5. Psa 99. 5. Ph. 2. 10. Luke 3. 16. Acts 19. 12. And other sacred things f Jo. 12. 86. g 1 Peter 2. 17. Rom. 13. 7. h Rev. 5. 8. i Luke 15. 7. Prayers to Saints lawful k 1 Cor. 13. 12 l Ex. 32. 13. 2 Chron. 6 42. m Rom. 15. 30. Yet so as not to neglect our Duties n James 2. 17. 30 c. o Rom. 13. ● p Rom. 12. 2. q Gal. 5. 6. r John 14. 6. A Conclusion from the Premises An Objection Answered Catholicks suffer for their Religion a Lake 23. 2. b John 11. 48. Their Sufferings not unlike to those of Christ our Lord. c Matt. 26. 60. Rom. 8. 29. Verse 17. a Luke 23. Matth. 26. b Rom. 7. c Exod. 3. 14. d Coll. 1. e Exod. 33. f 1 Cor. 2 g Luke 15. h Phil. 1. 21. i 2. Tim. 2. 12. k Luke 9. 24. l John 12. 26. m Apoc. 19 n ● John 3 2. o Cant. 5. p John 14. 1. q Matth. 5. 11. r Luke 7. 47. s John 15. 13. t Cant. 8. 6. u Mat. 10. 39. x 1 John 1. 9. y Lu. 7. 48. c. 50 z Mat. 10. 37. a Cap. 19. 29. b Psal 63. 5. c Exod. 20. 5. d Mat. ● 10. e Psal 103. 1● f Psal 112. 1. g Eccle. ●9 h Psal 27. 12. i John 11. 25. k Jsa 43. 1. l 〈…〉 m Psal 91. 14. n 〈…〉 o Psal 77. 26. p John 16. 20 q Verse 33 r Psal 27. 9. s Psal 31. ● t John 14. 19. u Rom. 8. 38. x Rom 14. 8. y Phil. 1. 21. z Verse 23. a Psal 30. 5. b Mat. 25. 34. c Luke 23. 43 Rom. 15 13. The first Letter to his Lady The second Letter to his Lady Another to his Son Henry now Lord Stafford For my Son John For my Daughter Vrsula For my Daughter Delphina Another Note Psal 9 9. Psal 84. ● Ps al. 51. 10. Psal 181. 2. Another Note Mat. 10 3● Luke 23. Psal 4. Luke 23. 48. Rom. 11. 33. Page 18. c. Page 29. c. Page 27. Page 49. c. Page 50. * viz. By the Papists * Dr. Lower page 50. Page 48. Page 49. Page 50. Page 94. 97. Page 45. Page 88. Page 90.